Ronald A. Clayton
Partner, New York
Professional Experience
Ronald A. Clayton is Chair of the firm’s Copyrights Practice Group.
He has practiced in the intellectual property field for over thirty years in all phases of Appellate, District Court, and inter partes Patent and Trademark Office litigation as well as trademark acquisition. He is experienced in patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation in diverse technologies and markets. Additionally, he has handled complex Patent and Trademark Office interferences, and patent procurement matters in the electronics, computer, and medical device fields. Mr. Clayton's experience also includes technology and trademark licensing, information technology transfer, and mergers and acquisitions.
His experience includes representing:
- Medtronic against GE Medical Systems Global Technology in an interference involving surgical navigation technology.
- The Clearing House Payments Company against DataTreasury Corp. in connection with check imaging technology.
- S.C. Johnson & Son against Chelsea Industries and Illinois Tool Works in connection with resealable plastic bag technology.
- Becton Dickinson against Novo Nordisk relating to patents on 30 gauge needles for insulin injection pens.
- Combe Incorporated against Brandwynne in connection with misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of express and implied contracts, and fraud.
- InteliData Technologies against Portel Services in connection with smart telephone technology.
- Colonial Data Technologies against Cybiotronics and against B.E.L.-Tronics in connection with telephone caller ID technology.
- American Cyanamid against Dow Chemical in Interference No. 103,673 relating to assays for agriculture herbicide products.
- Riseman v. Kobayashi in Interference No. 103,780 relating to laser beam printer technology.
- Sherwood Medical Co. against Hake in Interference No. 103,602 relating to safety syringes.
- American Cyanamid against United States Surgical Corp. in Interference No. 103,383, relating to deformable, absorbable surgical devices.
- Cytec Industries Inc. against Toray Industries, Inc. in Interference No. 103,321, relating to high strength composites used, for example, in aircraft bodies.
- American Cyanamid against 3M against United States Surgical in Interference No. 103,078 relating to surgical staplers with lockout devices.
Awards and Recognition
Listed in Legal 500 2007 and 2008 in IP—Copyright—National.
For information about the selection process, see:
Legal 500
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1972
B.S., Physics with honors, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1969
Bar Admissions
State of Connecticut, 1972; State of New York, 1981; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Professional Activities
Current member of the Board of Directors and past Chair of Copyright Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association; Past Chair, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Section of the Connecticut Bar Association; American Bar Association; Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association
Related Information
Representative Cases
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Hunter v. Ferre
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2007 -
Novo Nordisk A/S et al. v. Becton Dickinson
Fed. Cir. 2002 -
Brandwynne v. Combe International
S.D.N.Y. 1999
Publications
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Tennessee enacts new legislation in battle against illegal file sharing
World Media Law Report
December 5, 2008 -
Appellate court reverses Steinbeck copyright ruling
World Media Law Report
October 9, 2008 -
TorrentSpy terminated as studios win $111 million judgment
World Media Law Report
June 5, 2008 -
Tur joins YouTube class action after judge dismisses suit
World Copyright Law Report
November 15, 2007 -
Novell Triumphs Over SCO in Big Win for Open-source Movement
World Copyright Law Report
September 13, 2007 -
Gonzales' Copyright Bill Comes Under Fire
World Copyright Law Report
June 7, 2007 -
Can FAIR USE Act vanquish the DMCA?
World Copyright Law Report
March 29, 2007 -
Copyright Office gives go-ahead to ringtone licensing
World Copyright Law Report
December 7, 2006 -
New York Clears the Streets of Pirated CDs
World Copyright Law Report
November 9, 2006 -
Public Safety Bodies Put Out Fire Over IP Disputes
World Copyright Law Report
October 5, 2006 -
Congress Considers New 'Super-DMCA' Bill
World Copyright Law Report
May 25, 2006 -
Will Newspapers' Pursuit of Copyright Revenue Prove an Own Goal?
World Copyright Law Report
March 16, 2006 -
RIAA Pushes for Tougher Protection on Digital Radio Broadcasts
World Copyright Law Report
November 17, 2005 -
Ground Swell of Support for Consumer Rights Bill Grows
World Copyright Law Report
June 30, 2005 -
All Eyes On Orphan Works As Advocacy Groups Enter the Kahle Fray
World Copyright Law Report
April 7, 2005 -
DMCA Put Under the Microscope in Comcast Case
World Copyright Law Report
October 20, 2004 -
Constitutionality Questions Remain Unresolved in Golan Case
World Copyright Law Report
September 16, 2004 -
RIAA States Its Case for Digital Radio Broadcast Flags
World Copyright Law Report
July 14, 2004 -
Archives Commence Action Against "unconstitutional" Copyright Legislation
World Copyright Law Report
May 27, 2004 -
Different Reasoning but Same Result in US and Australian TV Cases
World Copyright Law Report
May 5, 2004 -
Australia Harmonizes Copyright Law with US Under Free Trade Agreement
World Copyright Law Report
March 29, 2004 -
Appeal Court Toys With Idea of Unregistered Derivative Doll
World Copyright Law Report
March 2004 -
Can a Patent Once Adjudicated to Be Invalid Be Resurrected?
IP Litigator
January 2003 -
Patent Protection of Computer Software
Computer Software Agreements: Forms and Commentary
June 1999
Events
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Patent Opinions of Counsel: Practical Decision Points in an Evolving Environment
AIPLA Online Seminar
July 29, 2005 -
A Litigation Perspective on Counsel Opinions and Opinion Writing
AIPLA Annual Meeting
October 14, 2004 -
Claim Construction-The Ordinary Meaning of Terms As Revealed By Dictionaries and Learned Treatises
20th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
April 22, 2004 -
Performing an Effective Intellectual Property Audit
2004 Intellectual Property Spring Seminar
March 15, 2004 -
Can a Patent Once Adjudicated to be Invalid be Resurrected?
Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar co-sponsored by the Philadelphia, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York Intellectual Property Law Associations
May 2, 2002
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